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Juan Antonio Martínez Sánchez
Thoughts on military education and training in Spain
relating to peace, security, defence and military policy. These studies are designed for
professionals of the Armed Forces (FAS) and other areas of the public administration
and society, and aim to:
a) Contribute to the convergence of different social sectors in the shared task of
National Defence
b) Promote greater knowledge of contemporary international relations among
the FAS
c) Supplement the training of servicemen so that they can work in the areas of
consultancy and senior management in the higher management bodies of the
Ministry of Defence (MINISDEF) and in international security and defence
organisations of which Spain is a member
d) Develop skills for the performance of duties in the general officer category. 7
Military education and training is provided in military education centres (CDMs)
and, in the case of officer training, it is also provided at defence university centres
(CUDs) attached to public universities and located in the general military academies. 8
Higher National Defence studies are provided at the Higher Center for National Defence
Studies (CESEDEN) which, for this purpose, is structured into the Higher
Defence Studies College (EALEDE), the Higher Staff College of the Armed Forces
(ESFAS) and the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE).
According to the Military Career Law, general and specialised military training
shall be given by military teaching staff who meet the requirements and have the necessary
qualifications and skills. 9 In this regard, the Regime for Teaching Staff of the
CDM envisages the following teaching categories: 10
a) Tenured, military and civilian lecturers assigned to the education centre where
they work on a full-time basis.
b) Tenured professors, both military and civilian, assigned to other units, centres
or bodies, and who combine teaching with their work at their main destinations
c) Emeriti professors: military reserves who have rendered outstanding services
to military education and training for at least six years.
7 Ibid. Article 18, pp. 9717-9718.
8 The Academia General Militar in Zaragoza, the Escuela Naval Militar in Marín (Pontevedra) and
the Academia General del Aire in San Javier (Murcia). For more information on the Defence university
centre system, see DÍAZ-SANTOS, Pablo: “El título de grado en ingeniería de organización
industrial”, Revista Ejército, no. 840, 2011, pp. 51-59.
9 Law 39/2007 on the Military Career, op. cit., p. 47352.
10 Ministerial Order 98/1994 on the Regime for Teaching Staff of Military Education Centres, Boletín
Oficial de Defensa, no. 204, 1994, pp. 6551-6552.
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